Aransas County Attorney's Office

06/09/2026

The Law Library computer is now located in the Aransas County Public Library. Now you can access this resource on Saturdays!

05/25/2026

The Aransas County Courthouse will be closed Monday, May 25 in observance of Memorial Day.
Regular business hours will resume Tuesday, May 26.

05/21/2026

Stay Safe From Scams: Red Flags to Watch For

Scammers Pretend to be Law Enforcement, Courts, and Bail Bonds Companies

If you notice any of the following, assume it’s a scam:
1. Requests for Immediate, Untraceable Payment:
Cash App or Venmo
Cryptocurrency
Gift cards
Cash handed to a courier or Uber driver
2. Caller ID Spoofing
Scammers can make their number appear to be:
A sheriff’s office, a police department, a jail, or a bail bond agency
3. Extreme Urgency and Pressure- Scammers thrive on panic.
“You have to do this right now”
“If you hang up, it’ll get worse”
4. Remember
Police officers do not call defendants asking for money
No government agency will offer to make charges “go away” for a quick payment
Only a Judge can set a bond-- you cannot pay extra to bond out when the Judge orders a No Bond.

Victims Rarely Get Their Money Back
Most of these scams are run by groups outside the United States. Once the money is sent, it’s quickly converted to crypto or transferred overseas. Even with law enforcement involvement, recovery is unlikely — which is why prevention is critical.

If You’ve Already Been Targeted
Report the incident to local law enforcement
Contact the real agency the caller claimed to represent
Reach out to a trusted attorney or legal office for guidance

REMEMBER: Scammers are becoming smarter and harder to detect. If you get a suspicious call hang up, check for the right number and call them back.

05/15/2026

DISTRICT COURT TRIAL OUTCOME

THE STATE OF TEXAS V. PAUL SANCO

DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR SEXUALLY TOUCHING 12-YEAR-OLD CHILD

On May 8, 2026, an Aransas County Jury found Paul Sanco, 64, guilty of one count of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child and two counts of Indecency with a Child by Sexual Contact.

The evidence showed that the Defendant was staying with the 12-year-old and her grandmother overnight. During the nighttime, the Defendant ended up touching the 12-year-old in a sexually inappropriate manner. The child was taken to the hospital for a sexual assault exam and the Child’s Advocacy Center for a forensic interview. At the hospital, swabs were taken from the child’s breast. Those swabs were compared with the Defendant’s DNA where results showed that it was 23.6 million times more likely that the DNA belonged to the Defendant rather than someone else.

When the Defendant was arrested, he provided law enforcement with an interview. In that interview, he claimed that the 12-year-old made suggestive comments towards him and exposed her body to him while inside an RV. He then claimed he went outside, smoked a cigarette, went back inside the RV and went to sleep in the bed beside the grandmother. He then claimed that as he slept, he felt a weight on top of him and saw the 12-year-old running out of the bedroom. When asked if he had touched the child in any way, the Defendant responded with a series of “No’s” that increasingly became higher pitched. When asked why his DNA would be on the child, the Defendant at first tried to say it was because she was in the same room as him. He then tried to say that his DNA would only be on her if someone put it there.

The Jury deliberated for approximately four hours before finding the Defendant guilty on all counts. After the Defendant was found guilty, the State conferred with the child’s family about an appropriate sentence. An agreement was reached that the Defendant would be sentenced to 15 years in prison in exchange for waiving his right to appeal the Jury’s decision. A lifetime protective order was also issued that ensures the Defendant cannot communicate with the victim for as long as he is alive. The Defendant will have to serve between 8.5 to 15 years on his sentences. When the Jury was asked what sentence they would have assessed, they advised they would have sentenced the Defendant to between 10-12 years in prison.

We would like to thank the Aransas County Sheriff’s Office for all their hard work on this case. We would also commend the child in this case for her bravery and courage. Additionally, we would like to thank the Jury for all of their time and attention.

04/30/2026

Aransas County’s “Furnishing Hope” program creates a soft room to give abuse survivors a safe, calming space during the legal process.

04/21/2026

District Court Trial Outcome:
Drunk Driver Kills Three People

State of Texas v. Michael Forsberg

On April 17, 2026, an Aransas County Jury sentenced Michael Forsberg, currently 27 years old, to the minimum prison sentence of 2 years for killing three people and causing serious bodily injury to an additional person. The day prior, the Jury found the Defendant guilty of three counts of Intoxication Manslaughter and one count of Intoxication Assault.

The evidence showed that on December 28, 2023, the Defendant was traveling down 16th Street at a high rate of speed. While five other vehicles on surveillance footage took anywhere from 6-10 seconds to travel that same stretch of road, the Defendant took two seconds before “blowing through a stop sign,” as one 911 caller recalled. The Defendant collided with a red SUV containing four individuals – Ulku Kaya, Timothy Greening, Robert Greening III, and Pamela Greening. All four individuals had attended the wedding of Ulku and Timothy approximately 30 hours before the collision.

Due to the collision, Pamela Greening’s neck was broken and she was killed instantly. Jurors watched as Timothy Greening was initially responsive to first responders, but passed away a few minutes later on scene. Timothy Greening had several bone fractures throughout his body, and had many parts of his body crushed and mangled, according to EMS. Robert Greening III was taken to the hospital where he ultimately passed away on January 15, 2024 due to multiple complications caused by the accident. Ulku Kaya was the only survivor from the red SUV. She had a laceration to her liver and injuries to her jaw that required her jaw being wired shut for quite some time.

At the scene, empty alcohol containers were found in the Defendant’s truck, as well as alcohol boxes. All around the Defendant’s truck on scene were multiple closed and open cans matching the boxes in and around the Defendant’s truck. A first responder stated that the Defendant smelled heavily of alcohol while he was transported to the hospital with a head injury after the collision. The Defendant’s blood was drawn at the hospital one hour after the collision. It revealed that the Defendant’s blood alcohol concentration was a .139, well over the legal limit.

At punishment, Ulku Kaya testified, as well as Robert Greening IV, the son and brother of the victims. At punishment, the Defendant testified that he took responsibility for his actions, despite pleading not guilty to the charges. He testified that he has not consumed alcohol since taking the lives of three people.

The maximum sentence for each of the Intoxication Manslaughter charges was 20 years. The maximum sentence for the Intoxication Assault charge was 10 years. The jury deliberated for approximately three hours before choosing to assess the minimum prison sentence for each of the four charges. By default, all four prison sentences would have run concurrently. However, Judge Patrick Flanigan chose to stack the sentences on top of each other, so the two-year sentence handed down by the Jury became an eight-year sentence. The Defendant will only have to serve one-fourth of his sentence before he is eligible for parole.

Timothy Greening died the day after his wedding when he was only 34 years old, and Michael Forsberg will be released from prison before he turns 34 to continue his life with his loved ones.

The Aransas County Attorney’s Office would like to thank the Greening and Kaya families for their strength and patience through this process.

Please don’t drink and drive.

Picture 1: Defendant, Michael Forsberg

Picture 2: Pictured from left to right: Robert Greening III, Timothy Greening, Ulka Kaya, and Pamela Greening

Recklessly:
A person acts “recklessly,” or is reckless, with respect to circumstances surrounding their conduct or the result of their conduct when they are aware of but consciously disregard a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstances exist or the result will occur. The risk must be of such a nature and degree that its disregard constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that an ordinary person would exercise under all the circumstances viewed from the actor’s standpoint.

Sentencing at Trial:
If a case proceeds to trial the defendant
chooses if the Judge or Jury assess punishment. Sentencing from a Judge or Jury can be harder to predict, and the defendant can receive a longer or shorter sentence than they would have in a plea agreement

Consecutively:
The sentences are served after the previous sentence has been completed - this is also referred to as stacking.

Concurrently:
The sentences are served at the same time for the amount of the longest sentence.

04/03/2026

The Aransas County Courthouse will be closed Friday, April 3 in observance of Good Friday. Regular business hours will resume Monday, April 6.
Have a safe and happy Easter weekend!

04/02/2026

04/01/2026

MURDER TRIAL OUTCOME

THE STATE OF TEXAS VS. AMANDA DAVIS
AND
THE STATE OF TEXAS VS. JONATHAN BOLT

On March 23, 2026, a jury was selected on the cases The State of Texas vs. Amanda Davis and The State of Texas vs. Jonathan Bolt. The cases were tried together at the request of the Defendants’ attorneys. Jonathan Bolt, 52 years old, was charged with the Murder of Billy Mullins, as the principal or a party, that occurred on March 1, 2023. Amanda Davis, 33 years old, was charged with the Murder of Billy Mullins, as the principal or a party, and tampering with evidence. Billy Mullins was 28 years old at his time of death.
The trial lasted all week, during which Amanda Oster, the Aransas County Attorney, called 11 witnesses, and the defense Attorneys called 7 witnesses. The evidence showed that Billy Mullins and Amanda Davis had a tumultuous, on-again, off-again relationship. In the weeks leading up to the murder, Amanda Davis and Jonathan Bolt also began a romantic relationship.
In the days leading up to the Murder, Bolt sent Davis the following text messages.

2/26/23: “He comes up here im gonna shot him”
2/26/26: “Ever sence you let him start coming around he has done nothing but start s**t and act like a fool.. he hasn’t done anything else if he comes up ere imgonna pull the trigger.. im sorry hope your not mad. If I got to igot to”
3/1/23: “What the f**k is he doing… im gonna shot his ass if you don’t tell me something”

On March 1, 2023, in the early morning hours around 3:00 a.m., Billy Mullins left Amanda Davis’s house. Later in the morning, Davis sent Mullins the text: “If you get here by 9:50 & ready I’ll feed you breakfast, any later no can do..” Davis also invited Bolt to come over a couple of hours later. Mullins showed up to Davis’s house later than expected, close to noon. At 12:13 p.m., Davis called 911 stating that a stranger shot Mullins. Deputies arrived at 12:19 p.m., and EMS arrived at 12:24 p.m.; EMS found no signs of life when they arrived to find Mullins shot once in the chest. For the next 2 hours, Davis told police repeatedly that she did not know who shot Mullins, she did not know where the gun was, and that Mullins would never hurt her. During the investigation, the Aransas County Sheriff’s Office Investigators found bloody shoe prints, that matched Davis’s shoes, leading from Mullins’ body, and into the bathroom. When searching the bathroom, Investigators found a bloody hand gun in a drawer next to the toilet.
On March 1, 2023 at 2:40 p.m., Davis began to tell Investigators that she was covering for Bolt. Through multiple subsequent interviews, Davis described that she gave Bolt her gun a few days before the shooting, and that when Mullins arrived at her house that day, Bolt was already inside. Mullins was over to pick up his boat, and Davis painted the word “narcissist” on the side of the boat before he arrived. Davis stated that there were no arguments or threats, but that when Mullins walked towards Bolt, Bolt shot Mullins. After the shooting, Davis hid the gun in the bathroom. Davis repeatedly stated that Mullins was not assaulting her at the time, and that she did not think he would hurt her.
During trial, Bolt testified on his own behalf. He stated that he had known Mullins since he was about 8 years old because Mullins was friends with Bolt’s son. Bolt testified that, on the day of the shooting, Mullins grabbed Davis by the throat, and when Bolt told him to stop, Mullins ran towards him. Bolt stated that he was scared because Mullins was much larger than him and because Mullins had a violent record. The defense then called witnesses to establish that, in 2012, Mullins assaulted a peace officer, and at various times in his life he was arrested for assault.
There was evidence of methamphetamine use by all parties, and at the time of Mullins death, he had recently used a large amount of methamphetamine. Defense attorneys argued that Mullins was violent, scary, that the methamphetamine in his system would have made his behavior worse, and that Bolt had to act in self-defense. Davis’s defense attorney stated that she hid the gun because she was scared and not thinking straight, but that she was not intentionally tampering with evidence.
On March 27, 2026, after the jury deliberated, they found Jonathan Bolt guilty of Murder, and Amanda Davis guilty of the lesser included offense of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Tampering with Evidence. The jury determined that Amanda Davis’s actions as a party to the murder were reckless, and that is what led to the conviction for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon instead of Murder.
Judge Joel Johnson, a retired visiting judge, was assigned to oversee the trial, and the Defendants elected for the Judge to assess punishment. Judge Johnson stated that there were some mitigating facts presented at trial, and he sentenced Jonathan Bolt to 25 years in prison. As for her part in the murder, Judge Johnson sentenced Amanda Davis to 12 years on the Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon charge, 5 years on the Tampering charge, and ordered that the sentences run concurrently. Each of the defendants will have to serve at least half of their sentence before they are eligible for parole.
Amanda Oster and the Aransas County Attorney’s Office would like to thank the Sheriff’s Office for all of their hard work on this investigation and trial. We would also like to thank the jury for their time and dedication to reaching a verdict.

Sentencing at Trial:
If a case proceeds to trial, the defendant chooses if the Judge or Jury assesses punishment.
Sentencing from a Judge or Jury can be harder to predict, and the defendant can receive a longer or shorter sentence than they would have in a plea agreement.

Recklessly:
A person acts “recklessly,” or is reckless, with respect to circumstances surrounding their conduct or the result of their conduct when they are aware of but consciously disregard a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstances exist or the result will occur. The risk must be of such a nature and degree that its disregard constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that an ordinary person would exercise under all the circumstances viewed from the actor’s standpoint.

Parties:
A person is criminally responsible as a party to an offense if the offense is committed by his own conduct, or by the conduct of another for which he is criminally responsible, or by both. Each party to an offense may be charged with the commission of the offense.
A person is criminally responsible for an offense committed by the conduct of another if acting with intent to promote or assist the commission of the offense, he solicits, encourages, directs, aids or attempts to aid the person who commits the offense.

02/15/2026

The Aransas County Courthouse will be closed Monday, February 16 in observance of Presidents Day.
Regular business hours will resume Tuesday, February 17.